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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7798637 | High-amplitude elastic hinge element for eyeglass frame An elastic hinge member (10) for spectacles rims, includes a guiding area (22), a slide (30) having a guided part (32) cooperating with the guiding area (22) and a knuckle (31) and a return spring (40). The spring ( | 09/21/2010 |
| 7775658 | Frame for spectacles Spectacles frame including a front component supporting a pair of lenses, two supporting temples each hinged by respective hinging elements to the front component, and cushioning and recall members associated with the hinging elements. Cushioning members include: el... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7628484 | Eyewear with adjustable temples An eyewear comprising a frame with lens and temples mounted to the frame. Each of the temples comprises a branch having a proximal end, a distal end and an internal wall defining an aperture extending longitudinally along the branch. The internal wall has a first cu... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7611240 | Frame for spectacles having arms that can be opened out resiliently A frame for spectacles having arms that can be opened out resiliently includes at least one lug and at least one arm which is articulated to the lug by a tie rod hinged to the lug and slidingly associated with the arm, a resilient device is active between the arm an... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7572005 | Compact elastic hinge for a spectacle frame An elastic hinge for spectacle frame comprises: a endpiece comprising two parallel flanges holding a hinge axis, a case comprising a longitudinal housing comprising a guiding area, a slide arranged in the housing, comprising a salient part spreading outside the hous... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7543931 | Glasses frame A glasses frame having a first part for receiving lenses, and an arm that is respectively laterally connected to cheek ends on each side of the frame part in an articulated manner by a hinge. The arm has a first partial cylinder shell, on the end thereof facing the ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7520606 | Eyewear and methods of use Described herein are various embodiments of eyewear provided for advantageous use in sports and work, as well as in casual activity, and, if desired, in conjunction with helmets or other headgear. According to one exemplary embodiment, eyewear can include a frame an... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7399079 | Manually retractable eyewear retainer strap A mechanism for extending and retracting a retainer strap for eyewear. The strap is disposed in one or both hollow temples of an eyeglass frame and is manually extended, retracted, and locked by an extension which slides in a port or passageway forming a track or sl... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7363683 | Spring hinge An electrically weldable spring hinge comprising a housing, a recess in the housing, an outside of the housing, at least one welding projection on the outside of the housing and arranged in a region of the housing to which forces are applied during a welding operati... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350271 | Compact elastic hinge element for a spectacle frame The invention relates to an elastic hinge element (60) for a spectacle frame, comprising a body (10) consisting of a housing (11) comprising a guiding area (12) and at least one cavity comprising a retaining partition, a slide (20)... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7318252 | Spring hinge for glasses A spring hinge for eyeglasses: the glasses including a central part and side pieces, a hinge element comprising at least one hinge eyelet, a spring device interacting with the hinge element, a housing containing a cavity which at least partially accommodates the spr... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7264219 | Breakaway banner support assembly A breakaway banner support assembly for mounting to a vertical support structure having at least one mounting member connected to a support structure, a support rod extending along a generally horizontal plane for supporting a flexible banner, and a breakaway and re... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261411 | Eyeglasses structure A pair of eyeglasses include two rims, and two temples; each rim has a cavity, a spring held in the cavity, and a holding element positioned partially in the cavity to cover the spring and having a pressing portion; each temple has a protruding portion, which has a ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249845 | Spring hinge A spring hinge for spectacles having a center piece and side pieces fitted pivotably thereto is proposed, having a spring element cooperating with said side pieces, a housing having a recess receiving the hinge element and the spring element, within which housing th... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246900 | Shock-absorbing mechanism for spectacles An endpiece (E) is composed by disposing a pair of elastic inner and outer wiring or plating parts in juxtaposition. An outer part external member (1) is adopted to keep a shape and structure of the endpiece (E) intact and reinforced. The inner part is a buff... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232216 | Recessed hinge to make the temples of spectacles elastic Disclosed is a recessed hinge to make a temple elastic with respect to a respective end piece of a frame of a pair of spectacles. The hinge includes at least a male hinging element pivoted to at least a corresponding female element. The male hinging element includes... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7159978 | Split temples for a retractable eyewear restraint strap A temple construction arrangement for eyewear incorporating a retractable retaining strap in a hollow temple to form a part of and be attached to eyewear such as eye sight correction glasses, sunglasses, safety and protection goggles, and the like. The temple is sep... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140728 | Method of forming magnetic eyeglass appliance An eyeglass accessory frame includes an auxiliary frame. The auxiliary frame includes a heat-treated magnetic alloy. The heat-treated magnetic alloy of the auxiliary frame is configured to magnetically couple the auxiliary frame to a primary frame having magnetizabl... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7114806 | Eyeglass assembly with removable auxiliary eyeglasses attachment An eyeglasses assembly comprising at least one magnetic hinge that holds a removable, auxiliary eyeglasses attachment onto eyeglasses. The magnetic hinge allows the user to pivot the auxiliary eyeglass attachment into an “up” position when not in use. The magnet... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7077518 | Eyeglass temple assembly An eyeglass temple assembly includes a connector rod having a hooked end, a temple shaft having a rod-disposing compartment with an open end for extension of the connector rod therethrough and into the rod-disposing compartment, a positioning component received fitt... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066595 | Temple assembly for a pair of glasses A temple assembly for a pair of glasses includes a temple, a pivotal member, a positioning member, a bolt mounted in a receptacle of the temple for retaining the positioning member, and an elastic element mounted in the receptacle and between the positioning member ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7033021 | Device for connecting eyeglass frame and temple or headband The present invention relates to a device for connecting an eyeglass frame and temples/headband. A pair of slots is provided at both endpieces of the frame for receiving a connecting device respectively, each slot having an opening at the bottom of and in communicat... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6996876 | Elastic hinge for eyeglasses An elastic hinge for eyeglasses, comprising an elongated box-like body provided with an open receptacle inside which a traction elastic element and a first hinge articulation element associated with the elastic element are inserted with the first hinge articulation ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6969173 | Spectacle frame with detachable arms A spectacle frame includes a temple piece for attachment to a lens or fabricated upon a lens surround. An arm of the frame includes a spring bar extending from the arm and bearing against the temple piece. A hook attaches the temple piece to the arm and extends from... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6952859 | Spring hinge An electrically weldable spring hinge comprising a housing having a cavity, in particular a cylindrical recess, into which cavity a hinge element can be inserted. A supporting body can be inserted into the cavity to block deformation of the housing at a location alo... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948809 | Interconnecting assembly in combination with primary and auxiliary eyeglasses One embodiment of the present invention relates to an eyeglass assembly including a pair of first eyeglasses having a first bridge interconnecting a pair of first lenses, a pair of second eyeglasses having a second bridge interconnecting a pair of second lenses and ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6929364 | Contoured metal eyeglass frames Disclosed is a contoured metal eyeglass frame. The frame may be injection molded or cast, and may include sculpted, variable cross section eyeglass components. Thus, the present invention combines the design flexibility of injection molded plastic parts with the str... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6910247 | Spectacle frame with arms which can be opened out resiliently A spectacle frame with arms which can be opened out resiliently comprises a shoulder (3), an arm (2) articulated to the shoulder by means of a tie rod (5) hinged thereon and guided for sliding on the arm (2), resilient means (13) a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905206 | Retractable eyewear retaining strap assembly A retractable eyeware retaining strap assembly consisting of a strap and a hollow eyewear temple for containing the strap, a strap retaining block to which the strap is attached positioned within the temple and arranged to slide along the temple, an elastic member s... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6892422 | Spring-loaded hinge A spring-loaded hinge (1) is suggested for eyeglasses with a center part and bows surrounding eyeglass lenses, with at least one spring element (41), at least one hinge element (9) having a hinge eye (11) and with a locking element (7 | 05/17/2005 |
| 6857738 | Spectacles Spectacles include a lens frame having a shoulder, and further include a temple arm pivotably mounted to the shoulder of the lens frame. The temple arm includes an inboard side, an outboard side, and a detent end having a detent. A pawl is pivotably mounted to the s... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6843562 | Spectacle frame with telescopic extendable temples and integrated magnets A spectacle frame includes a frame body and first and second temples. Each of the temples includes fixed and extendable temple members, each of which extends longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and has a proximal and distal end portions. The proximal ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6817710 | Eyeglasses frame with rotatable temples Eyeglasses comprises a face and temple. The face has an outer surface including an outer edge. The face also has a first end portion and a first lens opening. The outer edge being proximate to the first end portion. The temple has a portion defining an inner surface... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6814438 | Method for fitting a resilient hinge of a spectacle frame and resilient hinge designed for implementation of this method The invention concerns a method for mounting a sprung joint for the frame of spectacles, comprising a step which consists in placing a spring pin in a first component and a step which consists in articulating the first component to a second component through a pivot... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6779887 | Arrangement comprising an endpiece, a temple, and a hinge for spectacles The arrangement comprises an endpiece (4), a temple (2), and a hinge for spectacles, said hinge joining the endpiece and the temple in an articulated manner such that the temple is pivotable relative to the endpiece between a position of non-use and a ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6619798 | Piston temple for eye glass frames An eye glass frame temple is provided having a pole head portion, a leg portion rotatably coupled to the pole head portion, and a spring loaded pin for exerting a force against the leg portion when the leg is rotated a predetermined amount and in a predet... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6585371 | Eyeglass frame having tension adjustable temple coupling The structure of changeable spring of industrial glasses comprises a plastic glasses frame; a hinge means comprising a first hinge member and a second hinge member, the first hinge member fixed on one the of the glasses frame and pivotally connected with ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6505933 | Spring hinge for eyewear A spring hinge for eyewear with assembly locking elements that snap-in to place. The locking elements are in the form of a bent spring pin that is insertable in a compressed form and which, once inserted, expands to engage a stepped recess, locking it in ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6412943 | Spectacle frame having rotatable temples Disclosed is a spectacle frame including rims which respectively surround lenses and are rested on a wearer's nose and temples which are fitted over and around the wearer's ears. The spectacle frame comprises a first spring disposed in each temple, each t... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6353965 | Guiding sheath assembly for a hinge of an eyeglass frame The present invention is about a guiding sheath with spacer for the hinge of eye-glasses, such that the sheath provides low frictional spacer to titanium alloy hinges. Sheath with spacer made from bronze or synthetic rubber with frictional coefficient les... | 03/12/2002 |
